"At the temple, there is a poem called "Loss", carved into the stone. It has three words...but the poet has scratched …"

"The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves... Until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains."

"It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for Geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances. Sh…"

"My mother always said my sister Satsu was like wood; as rooted to the earth as a sakura tree. But she told me I was l…"

"Your honorable sister says, "Cut your leg," you cut your leg. She says, "Follow me," you follow her. My life had turn…"

"A year without news, except news of death. Rumors of cities evaporating into clouds of smoke. And then another year, …"

"I could be her. Were we so different? She loved once. She hoped once. I might be looking into my own future. Until th…"

"Now I understood the thing I´d overlooked; the point wasn't to become a geisha but to be one. To become a geisha...we…"

"To a man, Geisha can only be half a wife. We are the wives of nightfall. And yet to learn of kindness, after so much …"

"A story like mine should never be told. For my world is as forbidden as it is fragile; without its mysteries it canno…"